I first published this video about two years ago. It’s awesome! The message is great! And besides, it’s so rich in language! Here you can find a lot of the things we’ve been learning lately!
A new week is starting, so take the time to watch it and notice everything we’ve been talking about here. If you carefully do your homework, I’m sure you’ll benefit a lot from it!
“You can not go back and make a brand new beginning…
but you can start now a make a brand new ending…”
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world. They are part of an international community that organizes TED-style events celebrating locally-driven ideas and elevating them to a global stage.
The talks are really inspiring, full of ideas worth spreading!
be worth (doing) something
a) used to say that something is interesting, useful, or helpful:
A lot of the small towns in the area are definitely worth visiting.
The film is well worth seeing.
worth a trip/visit etc
The local museum is worth a visit.
b) used to say that someone should do something because they will gain something from it
it is worth doing something
It’s worth checking the details of the contract before you sign it.
It’s well worth getting there early if you want a good seat.
be worth the time/effort/work
It was a great evening, and definitely worth all the hard work.
be worth it informal used to say that you gain something from an action:
It was a lot of hard work, but it was worth it.
be not worth it informal used to say that you do not gain anything from an action:
I thought about trying to talk to him about it, but decided it wasn’t worth it.
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“My friend has got ALS but he’s the happiest guy on earth!”
That’s what I’ve heard from a student of mine. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a specific disease (=illness) which causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles. It’s a degenerative disease.
So it came up the need to learn how to talk about illnesses.
Find below two good videos to introduce you to this matter. Listen carefully and make notes of what you hear.
We have been working with the following questions lately: What’s the weather like? and What’s Croatia like?. This is a popular way for you to tell somebody about that thing or person.
And these questions with the word “like” often confuse students. This video explains that.
But let’s take a closer look at these two commonly confused words.
We use between to refer to two things which are clearly separated. We use among to talk about things which are not clearly separated because they are part of a group or crowd or mass of objects:
There’s a common and oddly persistent belief that between should be used only when there are two elements, and among should be used when there are more than two elements. But this rule is a myth—or, to be more charitable, it’s a great oversimplification. You can use between when there are more than two elements involved:
Our holiday house is between the mountains and the sea. (the mountains are on one side and the sea is on the other)
The ancient fountain was hidden among the trees. (surrounded by trees)
In fact, you can use between for any number of elements, as long as all the elements are separate and distinct. According to The Chicago Manual of Style, you can even use between when “multiple one-to-one relationships are understood from the context”:
Negotiations between the member states collapsed last night.When describing spatial relationships, between usually means in the middle of something, or in the space restricted by something:
He drove too quickly between the cars.When to Use Among
Among is used when talking about people or things that are not distinct and are viewed as a group:
There wasn’t much unity among the council members.Among could indicate that something belongs to a group:
She only ever felt comfortable when she was among her friends.When referring to spatial relationships, among tells us that something is surrounded by something else:
Paula always wanted to go swimming among dolphins.Examples
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